Shimla: Amid a controversy over a video clip purportedly showing the Dalai Lama asking a boy to “suck” his tongue, Himachal Pradesh Congress MLA Ravi Thakur on Saturday suggested the hand of China in it to defame the Tibetan spiritual head. Thakur, the MLA from the Lahaul and Spiti district, also expressed solidarity with the Buddhist…
New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik, who has been called by the CBI over an alleged insurance ‘scam’, and some Khap leaders held a protest at a police station here on Saturday after not being allowed to hold a meeting at a south Delhi park as they lacked requisite permission, according…
Kolkata: More than 120 Left-leaning intellectuals and famous personalities have written an open letter, urging Visva-Bharati University to not “harass” Nobel laureate Amartya Sen over the land issue. The intellectuals called upon the university authorities to “desist from continued humiliation of Sen” claiming that he “rightfully possesses the entire 1.38 acres of land” at his plot…
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi represents the “laziest type of politics” of making bizarre allegations and promises without any intention to improve people’s lives, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Saturday, days after the Congress leader created a ripple by pitching for caste census and pledged a slew of sops in Karnataka. He also expressed confidence…
New Delhi: India celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr on Saturday with people, dressed in traditional finery, offering prayers at mosques and Eidgahs, and families coming together for feasts. Eid-ul-Fitr marks the end of the fasting month of Ramzan. In Delhi, a large number of people congregated at the historical Jama Masjid around 6:30 am to offer namaz. The special…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed that some people are trying to divide the nation by pursuing politics of hate and said that she is ready to give her life but “will not allow a division of the country”. Banerjee, speaking at a congregation for Eid namaz at the city’s Red Road,…
New Delhi: Six people, including two juveniles, were apprehended in connection with the killing of Kisan Morcha leader of the Delhi BJP Surendra Matiala in Dwarka’s Bindapur area, police said on Saturday. One of them, identified as Yogesh (30), a resident of Jhajjar district in Haryana, was among the two shooters who killed Matiala, Deputy…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday greeted people of the state on the occasion of Eid and Akshay Tritiya. In a message, the governor said, “The holy month of Ramzan attaches importance to inner purification through fasting, prayers and acts of charity. Ramzan shows the path of welfare of the…
Bharatpur (Raj): Demanding a separate 12-per cent reservation in government jobs and educational institutions, members of the Mali community continued to block the Jaipur-Agra national highway in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur on Saturday. Meanwhile, the Bharatpur district administration has suspended internet services for 24 hours in three tehsils to avoid rumours being spread. “The protest is continuing. We…
Jaipur: All India Sufi Sajjadanashin Council chairman Hazrat Syed Naseeruddin Chishti on Saturday condemned the Poonch terrorist attack and said the entire country is with the armed forces. Such attacks are part of a “conspiracy to defame India” because a G20 meeting is scheduled to take place in Kashmir, he said. Five Army personnel were killed…
